Onyx Racer Jacket · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 1 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
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House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™
Black leather racer with a slim Bogolan mudcloth chest stripe panel, fine embroidery and gunmetal-gold hardware. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Onyx Racer Jacket yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Black leather racer with a slim Bogolan mudcloth chest stripe panel, fine embroidery and gunmetal-gold hardware. Care: wipe with a soft dry cloth, condition twice a year with a neutral leather balm, never machine wash, dry away from direct heat, store on a shaped hanger in the house dust bag.
Made up in Black leather, Bogolan mudcloth chest stripe, fine embroidery, gunmetal and gold hardware.
Registered in 4 colourways: Onyx Black, Charcoal, Burgundy Wine, Emerald.
Sized XS–4XL across the run.
Filed under Men · Z-Vibe Leather Jackets™ as Men suits, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Leather Collection™ line.
Clean speed, quiet heritage.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-MEN-LEATHER-JACKETS-ONYX-RACER-JACKET
Mudcloth in olive & cream — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Mudcloth body lining visible when the coat opens.
Story behind the design
Fila-ni mudcloth in olive & cream, worked into the collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back.
olive & cream
ZB-FILA-OLI-296
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a n'tjankara leaf mordant followed by a slow black-mud pass — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets black leather.
The tape carries paired diagonals folding into one another. In the Bamana reading, Fila-ni is two paths that meet — the House reading of Different Roots, One Human Story. Z-Vibe keeps the motif at heritage scale rather than shrinking it into a logo pattern, so the hand of the maker stays legible on the finished piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back. These are the lines the eye already follows on this silhouette, so the cloth reads as structure — an edge, a facing, a seam — and holds its meaning at three metres and at arm's length alike.
Each length is bias-cut for the curved runs, hand-basted before the topstitch so the motif never breaks at a seam. Tape width and motif repeat are cut to the size band, so a petite run and an extended run carry the same proportion rather than the same measurement.
African heritage, global luxury, future design: the mudcloth is set against European finishing and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark. Nothing is erased on either side — the meeting is the design. Different Roots. One Human Story.
Care · Cold hand-wash or specialist clean only. Mud dye deepens with age; never bleach, and dry flat away from direct sun.
Each step below reflects work that actually exists for this piece. Refinement is a design process — it does not imply the piece is production-released.
Owner-approved design board intakeComplete
The signed design board was registered as the source of truth; silhouette, Bogolan placement and hardware were locked from it.
Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete
Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Jacket Cut (ZG-4738) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, honeycomb vacuum cells with siped micro-edges, tapered aerodynamic last with a raked heel breast, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in narrow Bogolan ribbon lace with a hand-knotted stopper, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Tread, last and stack height were made unique to the shoe rather than shared across the register.
Bogolan signature verificationComplete
Mudcloth was confirmed as a construction detail (laces, panel, tongue or heel band) and not surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark was placed.
Z-Studio 4K refinement passComplete
Studio refinement rebuilt the shoe at 4K: cleaner last geometry, corrected proportions and true material rendering on the released angles.
Seven-view studio captureIn progress
1 of 7 angles are distinct photographs; 02 Left, 03 Right, 04 Back, 05 Interior, 06 Inner tags, 07 Fabric detail still read the design board.
Cut in Black leather with Bogolan mudcloth chest stripe, fine embroidery, gunmetal and gold hardware. Sculpted shoulder, defined waist, generous layering room.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 collar facing, lapel edge, left cuff turn-back \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z cuff link at the Discreet Z at the cuff, waist or closure — never a chest logo, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Forward, always.
Bogolan SignatureIn development
Reference study · not yet for sale
This piece is documented from an atelier design board. It is shown for reference only while the house completes its photography, sizing and release. Purchase, pricing and availability appear here once the owner approves the finished piece.
Readiness · 1 of 8 complete
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